Beaumier's new book, I Know You're Out There: Private Longings, Public Humiliations and Other Tales From the Personals, hit bookstores last week and he's making the rounds signing books.
September 13, 2006 (Press Release) --
After exchanging flirting looks with a stranger seated across from him on the Red Line, Beaumier, a middle-aged gay man, debated whether he should follow the tall, tawny-haired guy from the train. Having worked at the Chicago Reader's personals ad department for nearly eight years, Beaumier was determined not to become one of the forlorn people who repeatedly turned up at his counter to place a "Missed Connections" ad, the kind in which people are convinced they've met their soul mates in chance encounters -- often on the Red Line -- but let them slip away.
As the stranger stood to get off, Beaumier cautiously rose to his feet too, and that's when the homeless man, curled up next to Beaumier, winked at him and said, "Good luck, kid." It was the push Beaumier needed.
Beaumier's new book, I Know You're Out There: Private Longings, Public Humiliations and Other Tales From the Personals, hit bookstores last week and he's making the rounds signing books in Chicago this week and next. Beaumier and the stranger connected in the short time they talked on the crowded platform at Grand Avenue. The stranger, though, lived in Seattle and was on his way home.
"Look at the things that happen to you when you are brave enough to make them happen," the man said after he kissed Beaumier.
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As the stranger stood to get off, Beaumier cautiously rose to his feet too, and that's when the homeless man, curled up next to Beaumier, winked at him and said, "Good luck, kid." It was the push Beaumier needed.
Beaumier's new book, I Know You're Out There: Private Longings, Public Humiliations and Other Tales From the Personals, hit bookstores last week and he's making the rounds signing books in Chicago this week and next. Beaumier and the stranger connected in the short time they talked on the crowded platform at Grand Avenue. The stranger, though, lived in Seattle and was on his way home.
"Look at the things that happen to you when you are brave enough to make them happen," the man said after he kissed Beaumier.
Source: http://search.msn.com
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